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Thursday 4th and Friday 5th September 2008 Eden Court Theatre, Inverness The entry fee for 2008 has been set, as last year, at £40 for two or more competitions and £30 for one competition, with the B March and B Strathspey & Reel counting as one competition. Cheques should be made payable to the Northern Meeting Piping Trust and sent to the Piping Secretary’s postal address by 31st May. The Senior piping competitions comprise three piobaireachd competitions; the Clasp, the Gold Medal and the Silver Medal and five light music competitions; the Former Winners March, Strathspey and Reel, the "A" grade March, Strathspey and Reel, the "B" grade March, the "B" grade Strathspey and Reel and the Hornpipe and Jig (which is open to those selected to play in the "A" grade light music competition and above). The main sponsors of these piping competitions are: The Royal Bank of Scotland; Walkers Shortbread Ltd; The Clan Donald Land's Trust; The Highland Society of London; The Northern Meeting Piping Trust; The British Army, Royal Regiment of Scotland and the Wyfold Foundation. Generous support is also obtained from The Piobaireachd Society; The Queen's Own Highlanders Trustees; John Dewar & Sons, Distillers; Duncan Chisholm & Sons, Kiltmakers; The Highland Council; The Competing Pipers' Association; J Nicol Manson, Waterside Hotel, Inverness; The Balnain Trust; The Royal Celtic Trust and numerous other kind contributors. A number of trophies have been donated over the years, the most prestigious of which is the Highland Society of London's Gold Medal and other prizes include the Rothiemurchus Trophy, the Colin C Drummond Memorial Trophy, Mrs Macdonald of Craigniche Trophy, the Silver Star presented by the Royal Scottish Piper's Society and the Competing Piper's Association Silver Medal. The Northern Meeting Piping Competitions administered the competitions by the website last year. Paper copies of the various forms, regulation and rules are, however, available if a piper does not wish to use this form of communication. If you are aware that a piper does not have access to a computer or does not wish to register by the web, can you please advise them to contact the piping secretary by letter or email. In the unlikelihood that you do not receive an automated email acknowledging receipt of your registration, please inform the piping secretary! Please make sure that you are aware of the Rules and Regulations for the Northern Meeting piping competitions. Note that those who registered and were accepted for the competitions are assumed to be competing and if you wish to withdraw it is essential that the Piping Secretary is contacted. Failure to do so within the accepted time may mean that that you may not be considered eligible to compete in the following year. To register for the Northern Meeting piping competitions, please click on "registration" over on the right. To register for the Argyllshire Gathering, please go to www.obangames.com Other useful sites are: The Competing Pipers Association - www.competingpipers.com Piobaireachd Society - www.piobaireachd.co.uk The Royal Celtic Society - www.royalcelticsociety.org.uk
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